2009 Awards

In 2009, USIBWC Clean Rivers Program used one-time excess program funds to funded 5 projects related to river education or water quality projects in the Rio Grande Basin. The projects are:

El Paso Community College Eary College High School, Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP) - Supplies for research on Salinity Tolerance of Riparian plants and water quality education

University of Texas at El Paso, Biological Sciences Department - Equipment for a continuous water quality station on a tributary of the Rio Grande near Indio Mountains Research Center in the Forgotten Stretch

Individual Owners of the Rio Grande (RiGo) and other participating organizations - supplies for two river cleanups and river awareness days in the El Paso area

City of Weslaco, Lower Rio Grande Stormwater Task Force - Soil Erosion Prevention and Awareness Program, printing of manuals and brochures for training

El Paso Community College, RISE Program - supplies to continue research on bacteria source tracking in the El Paso/Hudspeth counties

Visit the USIBWC Clean Rivers Program website.